---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-240517"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MKC"
cik: "0000063754"
company_name: "MCCORMICK & CO INC"
filed_at: "2023-09-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T09:57:12.553492+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# McCormick files legal opinion for shares under Investor Services Plan

## Summary
- Company files Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr opinion on validity of shares offered under Investor Services Plan.
- Shares registered under Form S-3 (No. 333-271070); prospectus supplement filed September 22, 2023.
- Plan covers issuance of common stock (MKC) and non-voting common stock (MKC.V) via dividend reinvestment.
- No changes to financials, operations, or governance; routine legal filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-240517
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MKC
- cik: 0000063754
- company_name: MCCORMICK & CO INC
- filed_at: 2023-09-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63754/000119312523240517/0001193125-23-240517-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63754/000119312523240517/d489894d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-240517.txt

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